Eyes on the Street: More Culver City COVID Street Reconfiguration
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Under COVID, Culver City has quickly added outdoor dining space - on three blocks of Washington Boulevard this includes a new protected bike lane
Bay Area Advocates Jubilant Over Transit and Bike Project Streamlining Law
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Governor Newsom signs SB 288, finally exempting many bike and transit projects from 'environmental' review
Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access Soon
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And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on law granting CEQA exemption for transit, bike, and pedestrian projects (SF Examiner, Mass Transit)
- Access to clean transportation must be equitable (Cision Newswire)
- San Diego nonprofit gets grant to train bicycle industry workforce (Times of San Diego)
- Be grateful for the essential workers who pick up trash (CityLab)
- Commute mode affects commute mood (Mobility Lab)
- Research company is super proud of its work studying climate vulnerability of CA transportation infrastructure (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- Worries create tenant rights movement (WAMU)
- Caltrans shuts down Oakland homeless camp, moving them a few feet, also faces $1m in property claims (Oaklandside)
- Meanwhile, big banks like JP Morgan are apparently above the law (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
California High-Speed Rail Advances
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Seminar brings together transportation leaders to talk about the future of rail in California and elsewhere
Why Your City Doesn’t Map Its Worst Car Crashes
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The idea of a "High Injury Network" isn't new. But a surprising number of cities don't bother to map it.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CA Governor signs law exempting sustainable transportation from CEQA (SF Chronicle)
- Electric cargo bikes are already replacing trucks in cities (Electrek)
- E-bike subsidies would empower people to use cars less (Kinder Rice)
- China to begin piloting autonomous taxis in busy cities (Fast Company)
- Localism matters in a crisis (Strong Towns)
- COVID’s impact on traffic, revenues, and operations of toll roads: they down (Transportation Today)
- A look at LA Metro’s long-range transportation plan (Smart Cities Dive)
- Assemblymember Frazier plans to introduce a bill to stop wildfires (East County Today)
- Study: California is among most dangerous places for children traveling in cars (Business Wire)
- Evictions are going to be really really bad (Slate)
- Small businesses are really suffering (Berkeleyside)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Metro Cuts Service, and More Updates from the September Board Meeting
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Bus service cuts approved, Crenshaw rail delayed, Union Station busway station opening delayed, Metro COVID CARES Act stimulus spent, and meeting input improved
AC Transit Cuts Coming?
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East Bay Transit Riders makes interactive map of lines slated for possible elimination
Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition
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An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- SF Muni will begin collecting, checking fares again (SF Chronicle)
- Another “incident” mishandled by police, another dead black man (LA Times)
- Protests:
- Car traffic slowed on Bay Area bridges (SF Chronicle)
- Driver plows through protestors in Hollywood, is released (LA Times)
- “Armored bike squad” being used against protestors? (Forbes)
- You, too, can adopt an old BART car (BART) which SF Chronicle describes as like they’re looking for new homes for beloved family members
- The pandemic quiet of San Francisco improved bird’s songs (National Geographic)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF